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namespace Spring.Objects.Factory.Xml;

/// <summary>
/// Used by <see cref="DefaultObjectDefinitionDocumentReader"/> to locate
/// <see cref="INamespaceParser"/> implementations for a particular namespace URI.
/// </summary>
/// <remarks>TODO (EE): clarify naming of INamespaceParser (SPR/NET) vs. INamespaceHandler (SPR/Java), thus internal for now</remarks>
/// <author>Erich Eichinger</author>
/// <seealso cref="XmlObjectDefinitionReader.NamespaceParserResolver"/>
/// <seealso cref="XmlObjectDefinitionReader.CreateDefaultNamespaceParserResolver"/>
/// <seealso cref="XmlReaderContext.NamespaceParserResolver"/>
internal interface INamespaceParserResolver
{
    /// <summary>
    /// Lookup a <see cref="INamespaceParser"/> for the given namespace URI.
    /// </summary>
    /// <param name="namespaceUri">the namespace URI</param>
    /// <returns>the located namespace handler or <c>null</c></returns>
    INamespaceParser Resolve(string namespaceUri);
}
